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Vincent van Gogh

Landscape with Figures

1888

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Vincent van Gogh

Landscape with Figures

Vincent van Gogh

Landscape with Figures

1888

Physical Qualities Oil on canvas, 19 15/16 × 26 in. (50.6 × 66 cm.) Framed: 31 1/4 × 37 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (79.4 × 94.6 × 8.9 cm.)

Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland

Object Number 1950.303

Like the painter Jean-François Millet (1814–1875), whom he greatly admired, van Gogh often painted landscapes depicting peasants in the fields and the gardens they cultivated. Here, small figures working on a sloping hillside are all but lost in the expressive, rhythmic brushstrokes that define the tracts of land. This work was either painted at Saint-Rémy in the South of France or Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris, where the artist spent the last months of this life.

The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, August 10, 1934; Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, by purchase; Stransky Collection, New York, 1929; formerly Leicester Galleries, London, 1927; Mme. Jo van Gogh-Bonger and V.W. van Gogh, Amsterdam

"Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cézanne", Emil Richter, Dresden, Germany, April-May, 1908.

Association of American Painters and Sculptors, Armory of the 69th Infantry, New York, "International Exhibition of Modern Art", February 17, 1913-March 15, 1913, cat. no. 434; circulated to The Art Institute of Chicago, March 24, 1913 - April 16, 1913, no. 418; Copley Hall, Boston, April 28, 1913-May 19, 1913, cat. no. 223. (Exhibited as "Paysage d'Arles" and "Landscape, Arles")

Montross Gallery, New York, "Vincent Van Gogh Exhibition", October 23, 1920-December 1920. (possibly no. 37)

Leicester Galleries, London, "Vincent Van Gogh Exhibition", December 1923. (Possibly exhibited as "The Olive Orchard")

Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, "Vincent van Gogh", Mach 27, 1924-April 21, 1924. (possibly no. 76)

Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland, "Vincent Van Gogh", July 3, 1924-August 10, 1924.
(possibly no. 73)

Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, "Ausstellung Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890", October, 1924-November, 1924. (possibly no. 37)

Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris, "Exposition Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Vincent Van Gogh", January 5, 1925-January 24, 1925, no. 53. (Exhibited as "Paysage avec figures")

Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands, "Van Gogh Exhibition", March-April 1925. (Possibly no. 27)

Glaspalast, Munich, Germany, "Allgemeine Kunst Ausstellung", June 1, 1926-October 1926, no. 2070. (Exhibited as "Landschaft Bäume mit Acker")

The Leicester Galleries, London, "Vincent Van Gogh Exhibition", November-December, 1926, no. 9. (Exhibited as "A Hilly Landscape")

Thannhauser Gallerie, Berlin, "Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin", January 9, 1927-February 1927, no. 115. (Exhibited as "Landschaft")

Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, "Meister des XIX Jahrhunderts", September 27, 1931-October 25, 1931.

Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7, 1949-December 31, 1949, no. 20.

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, "Paintings by the Impressionists and Post Impressionists", October 20, 1950-November 19, 1950.

Richard Foster Howard, The Birmingham Museum of Art, AL, "Opening Exhibition", April 8, 1951-June 3, 1951.

Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland", November 13, 1951-December 30, 1951, no. 161.

The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 21, 1955-November 4, 1955.

The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Greensboro Public Library, North Carolina, March 31, 1965-April 14, 1965.

Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, OH, November 9, 1967-December 4, 1967.

Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Van Gogh to Matisse: Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 21, 1993-January 30, 1994.

The Baltimore Museum of Art and The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse", March 12, 2000-July 16, 2000, no. 46; circulated to The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, August 13, 2000-November 26, 2000; The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, January 8, 2001-March 11, 2001; Royal Academy of Arts, London, July 12, 2001-October 7, 2001; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, November 3, 2001-January 6, 2002.

Eric M. Zafran, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, "Impressionism to Surrealism from the Baltimore Museum of Art", February 8, 2002-April 21, 2002, no. 51.

Katherine Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse Picasso and the School of Paris: Masterpieces from The Baltimore Museum of Art featuring Selections from the Collection of Etta and Claribel Cone", circulated to The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, October 10, 2004-January 16, 2005; The Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL as "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Impressionism to Surrealism, Masterworks of Painting and Sculpture from The Baltimore Museum of Art," February 5, 2005-May 1, 2005; The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, as "Matisse, Picasso, and the School of Paris: Masterpieces from The Baltimore Museum of Art," March 2, 2007-June 3, 2007.

Judit Geskó, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, "Van Gogh in Budapest", December 1, 2006-March 20, 2007. no. 66. (Exhibited as "Landscape with Trees and Figure")

Heinz Widauer, Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, "Van Gogh Heartfelt Lines", September 5, 2008-December 8, 2008, no. 121. (Exhibited as "Landscape with Trees and Figures")

Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore", circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, 6 May-25 September 2011, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2 June-23 September 2012, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 3 November 2012-10 February 2013.

The Detroit Institute of Arts, "Van Gogh in America", October 2, 2022-January 22, 2023.

"Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cézanne," Dresden, Germany: Emil Richter, 1908.

"Vincent Van Gogh Exhibition," New York: Montross Gallery, 1920. (possibly no. 37)

"Catalogue of the Vincent Van Gogh Exhibition," London: Leicester Galleries, 1923. (Possibly published as "The Olive Orchard")

"Vincent van Gogh," Basel, Switzerland: Kunsthalle Basel, 1924. (possibly no. 76)

"Ausstellung Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890," Stuttgart: Württembergischer Kunstverein, 1924. (possibly no. 37)

"Vincent Van Gogh," Zürich: Kunsthaus Zürich, 1924. (possibly no. 73)

"Exposition Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Vincent Van Gogh," Paris: Galerie Marcel Bernheim, 1925, no. 53. (Published as "Paysage avec figures")

"Allgemeine Kunst Ausstellung," Munich, Germany: Knorr & Hirth, G.M.B.H., 1926, no. 2070. (Published as "Landschaft Bäume mit Acker")

"Vincent Van Gogh Exhibition," London: The Leicester Galleries, 1926, no. 9. (Published as "A Hilly Landscape")

"Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin," Berlin: Thannhauser Galleries, 1927, no. 115. (Published as "Landschaft")

J. B. de la Faille, "L'Oeuvre de Vincent Van Gogh, Catalogue Raisonné," Paris: Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1928, pp. 231, 240, pl. 227, no. 818, ill. (Published as "Paysage avec figures")

"Zur Ausstellung 'Meister des XIX. Jahrhunderts' in der Basler Kunthalle," "Basler Nachrichten," October 17/18, 1931, no. 285, n.p., ill. (Published as "Landschaft")

Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore-Maryland," Baltimore: Etta Cone, 1934, p. 23, pl. 26, ill. (Published as "Paysage avec Figures")

W. Scherjon and Jos. De Gruyter, "Vincent Van Gogh's Great Period: Arles, St. Rémy and Auvers sur Oise," Amsterdam: De Spieghel, Ltd., 1937, p. 341, no. 153, ill. (Published s "St. Rémy")

J. B. de la Faille, "Vincent Van Gogh," Paris: Hyperion Press, 1939, p. 546, no. 802, ill.

George Boas, Adelyn D. Breeskin and J.G. D'Arcy Paul, "Selections from the Cone Collection," "News of the Baltimore Museum of Art," October 1949, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 13.

"Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, Collectors," "Art News," vol. XLVIII, no. 9, January 1950, p. 40.

"Paintings by the Impressionists and Post Impressionists," Richmond: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1950.

Gertrude Rosenthal, "From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1951, pp. 12, 13, 43, no. 161.

George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, pp. 25, 41, no. 122.

"Object of the Week," "The Baltimore Sun," October 28, 1956, p. MG29, ill.

Barbara Pollack, "The Collectors: Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone," Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1962, pp. 211, 215.

Milton W. Brown, "The Story of the Armory Show," Washington, DC: The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1963, p. 247, no. 428, ill. (Published as "L'Olivier")

"Loans to Other Institutions September 1964 through March 1965," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1967, vol. 28, nos. 2, 3 and 4, p. 25.

George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, p. 66, no. 27.

J. B. de la Faille, "The Works of Vincent van Gogh: His Paintings and Drawings," Amsterdam: Meulenhoff International, 1970, pp. 291, 308, 688, no. F818, ill.

Paolo Lecaldano, "L'opera Pittorica Completa di Van Gogh e I Suoi Nessi Grafici," Milan: Rizzoli, 1971, pp. 226, 229, 240, 241, no. 786, ill. (Published as "Quattro Alberi")

Association of American Painters and Sculptors, "The Armory Show International Exhibition of Modern Art 1913, vol 1: Catalogues," New York: Arno Press, 1972, p. 37, no. 434. (Published as "Paysage d'Arles")

Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 119, 188.

Peter C. Sutton, "A Guide to Dutch Art in America," Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1986, p. 6 (published as "Landscape with Trees and Figures").

Milton W. Brown, "The Story of the Armory Show," New York: Abbeville Press, 1988, pp. 158, 271, 272, 349, insert, p. 158, ill.

Ingo F. Walther, Rainer Metzger, "Vincent van Gogh Sämtliche Gemälde," Cologne: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH & Co., KG, 1989, pp. 579, 735, ill. p. 579. (Published as "Landschaft mit Bäumen und Figuren")

J. F. Heijbroek and E. L. Wouthuysen, "Kunst, Kennis en Commercie, De Kunsthandelaar J. H. de Bois 1878-1946," Amsterdam: Contact, 1993, pp. 44, 200, p. 44, ill. (Published as "Vrouw onder bomen wandelend")

Jan Hulsker, "The New Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches. Revised and Enlarged Edition of the Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Vincent Van Gogh," Amsterdam: J. M. Meulenhoff, 1996, pp. 425, 498, no. 1848, ill. (Published as "Woman Walking under the Trees")

Nobuyuki Senzoku and Akira Tomita, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: Brain Trust Inc., 1996, p. 37, fig. 21, ill.

Richard Shiff, "Corot and the Painter's Mark: Natural, Personal, Pictorial," "Apollo," May 1998, vol. CXLVII, no. 435, pp. 5, 7, fig. 6, ill.

Sona K. Johnston and William R. Johnston, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse," London: Scala Publishers, 2000, pp. 32, 130-131, 156, no. 46, ill.

Charles Darwent, "Double Vision," "The Independent," June 17, 2001, p. 21.

Geoffrey John Warner, "Warner on Van Gogh, vols. I, III" Salisbury, England: Geoffrey John Warner, 2001.

Eric M. Zafran, "Impressionism to Surrealism from the Baltimore Museum of Art," Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum, 2002, pp. 8, 9, 22, no. 51, ill.

William Zimmer, "Following the Path of Gertrude Stein," "The New York Times," February 17, 2002, section 14CN, p. 13, ill. p. 13.

Donald Miller, "A Coup for Naples," "Naples Daily News," February 4, 2005, p. 1D, ill.

Judit Geskó, ed., "Van Gogh in Budapest," Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2006, pp. 350-351, 549, no. 66, ill. (Published as "Landscape with Trees and Figure")

Klaus Albrecht Schröder, Heinz Widauer, Sjraar van Heugten, Marje Vellekoop, eds., "Van Gogh Heartfelt Lines," Cologne and Vienna: DuMont Buchverlag and the Albertina Museum, 2008, pp. 392-393, no. 121, ill. (Published as "Landscape with Trees and Figures")

Susan M. Heidenreich and Kathleen A. Turano, "Where Does One Look When Viewing Artwork in a Museum?," "Empirical Studies of the Arts: Journal of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics," 2011, vol. 29, no.1, pp. 55, 62, 64, fig. 4, ill.

Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, pp. 56, 77, pl. 33, ill.

Karen Rosenberg, "What They Loved and What They Bought," "The New York Times," May 6, 2011, p. C30.

Shaw, Jill (editor). Van Gogh in America. Detroit: The Detroit Institute of Arts, 2022. ill, cat. 56, plate 1.

Inscribed: Recto: There are no visible inscriptions on the recto. Verso: The painting has been wax lined and there are no visible inscriptions on the canvas verso. Lower left stretcher in peach pencil, "434" Top central stretcher, white square label in black print, "LOAN/27.1955" Bottom of central stretcher, browned rectangular label, printed, "GALERIE THANNHAUSER/LUZERN/Haldenstr. 11 Telephon 186/No. 1349" Bottom of central stretcher in black grease pencil, "1-0" Top left stretcher, rectangular cream label in black ink, "Van Gogh Nr. 1349/Higelige Landschaft/L.M. 65 x 50 Ph. Nr. Ou. 11" Top central stretcher, rectangular label in black print, "TABLEAUX _____ EDITIONS L'ART/N°/Suje____" Bottom right stretcher, rectangular browned label in dark print, "___eracher cette partie et ___ sar ce revers aa caar/American Painters and Sculptors Inc. New-Yor/Titre de l'oeuvre: Paysage d'Arles/Nom de l'A___ Vincent van Gogh" Frame Inscriptions Verso: Middle of the left vertical rail in black grease pencil, "415862+" Top center, inside rabbit in black marker, "415842" Middle of the right vertical rail, rectangular grey label, printed, "HYDENRYK frame"